Eating Disorders (Australia) (priority setting in association with the JLA)
About this PSP
In 2020, the InsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders worked with the James Lind Alliance to identify Australia’s current Top 10 eating disorder research priorities. This was part of a national consultation and collaboration process to develop a Australian Eating Disorders and Translation Strategy, and was funded by the Australian Government Department of Health.
The strategy and Top 10 priorities were launched in September 2021.
Key documents
Top 10 priorities
(in no order of priority):
- How can GPs & other health professionals better identify disordered eating and the symptoms of all stages of all types of eating disorders, and intervene appropriately as part of routine practice?
- How do we ensure all Australians have equitable access to effective eating disorder treatments no matter where they live or what they can afford?
- What existing eating disorder services, treatments, or treatment factors have the best long-term outcomes?
- How can treatments be more individualized to consider diverse needs, stage of life, illness duration, type and diagnosis?
- What support and skills do families need to help their loved one at all ages and stages of treatment across the recovery journey?
- What are the barriers to early intervention and how can these be addressed?
- What are the positive and negative impacts of current treatment – how can we reduce the negative impact and increase the positive?
- How can public health messaging around healthy eating and weight be delivered without impacting on the development of eating disorders and inducing weight stigma?
- What are the key risk and protective factors and how do they impact on the development of (or the risk of developing) an eating disorder?
- Are there particular strategies parents/families can use that help prevent the development of an eating disorder?